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BAPTISTS RESPOND TO POPE’S ENDORSEMENT OF SAME-SEX CIVIL UNIONS

October 22, 2020

By George Schroeder Baptist Press NASHVILLE — In response to Pope Francis’ endorsement of same-sex civil unions for the first time as pope, Southern Baptist leaders reiterated their commitment to the authority of the Bible’s teaching regarding sexuality and marriage. Francis’ endorsement came while being interviewed in the documentary “Francesco,” which premiered Wednesday (Oct. 21) at the Rome Film Festival. “Homosexual people have the right to be in a family.

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TENNESCENE: OCT. 21

October 22, 2020

LEADERS Brian Warden has been called as pastor of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, Mountain City. Calvary Baptist Church, Elizabethton, recently ordained David Shankle as a deacon. Ben Styles recently resigned as pastor of Niles Ferry Baptist Church, Greenback.

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FAITH AT THE FOREFRONT: BESTER TRUSTS LORD’S PLAN

October 22, 2020

By David Dawson [email protected] FRANKLIN — It could be said that Thomas Bester is facing an uncertain future.  Bester, however, would disagree.  Even while dealing with many unknowns involving his health, Bester is standing firm in his faith. He said he knows how the story will end, even if he doesn’t know how the details will unfold.  Bester, who serves with Tennessee Baptist Mission Board as a black church development

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DISASTER RELIEF CONTINUES TO MEET NEEDS LOCALLY, NATIONALLY

October 21, 2020

By Lonnie Wilkey [email protected] MOUNT JULIET — In September Wes Jones celebrated his fifth anniversary as disaster relief specialist for the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board. To say the former Southern Baptist missionary (along with his wife Pam) and director of missions in Iowa has been busy over those five years would be an understatement. The humorous part is that during the interview process for the position he was told that

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FEW CHURCHES BACK TO PRE-COVID ATTENDANCE LEVELS

October 20, 2020

By Aaron Earls LifeWay Research NASHVILLE — The vast majority of U.S. Protestant churches say they are holding in-person services, but churchgoers have yet to attend in the numbers they did before the coronavirus pandemic struck. According to the latest survey from Nashville-based LifeWay Research, 87 percent of Protestant pastors in the U.S. say their church met in person in September, while 13 percent did not hold physical gatherings. Since

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BOY SCOUTS BANKRUPTCY COULD LEAVE CHURCHES LIABLE IN FUTURE SEX ABUSE CLAIMS

October 20, 2020

By Diana Chandler Baptist Press ORLANDO — Churches who chartered or have ever hosted a Boy Scouts of America (BSA) troop should seek legal counsel now in case they are named in future sex abuse claims against the BSA, a Southern Baptist legal representative told Baptist Press. The BSA filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy and reorganization in February to establish a trust to pay sex abuse claims and to limit the

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POLL SHOWS SUPPORT FOR PRESIDENT DIPS AMONG WHITE CHRISTIANS

October 19, 2020

Baptist Press WASHINGTON — Support for President Donald Trump has slipped by single digits among white Christians of all religious affiliations, although 78 percent of white evangelical Protestants still plan to vote for him in November, according to Pew Research Center polling. Support among white evangelical Protestants is down from 83 percent in the poll conducted after the Sept. 29 presidential debate and during Trump’s bout with COVID-19. 

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UNION TRUSTEES KEEP STRATEGIC PLAN IN PLACE

October 16, 2020

Union University JACKSON — Union University trustees extended the university’s strategic plan during their Sept. 11 meeting on the Union campus. “Our trustees provide consistently strong leadership, and they have continued to do so in the midst of a global pandemic that has disrupted so many lives, plans and activities,” said Union president Samuel W. “Dub” Oliver said.  Originally adopted by trustees in 2015, Union’s “United in Spirit. Grounded in

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JUDGE STRIKES DOWN TENNESSEE ABORTION WAITING-PERIOD LAW

October 16, 2020

By Tom Strode Baptist Press DETROIT — Pro-life advocates and the state expressed their disappointment with a federal court decision Oct. 14 that invalidated a Tennessee law requiring a 48-hour waiting period before an abortion. Senior federal judge Bernard Friedman ruled from Detroit, Mich., the law is unconstitutional and permanently blocked the state from enforcing a waiting period. The 2015 law “substantially burdens” women who want an abortion in Tennessee

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REFLECTING ON THE PRAYER MARCH IN D.C.

October 14, 2020

Baptist Press WASHINGTON — Tens of thousands packed the National Mall in Washington on Sept. 26 to cry out to God and repent. The gathering stretched from the Lincoln Memorial to the U.S. Capitol. Christians from all over the country participated in the prayer march, which was organized by evangelist Franklin Graham. Gene Harston, a member of Eastwood Baptist in Bowling Green, Ky., traveled with a group of prayer partners

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TENNESCENE: OCT. 21

October 22, 2020

LEADERS Brian Warden has been called as pastor of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, Mountain City. Calvary Baptist Church, Elizabethton, recently ordained David Shankle as a

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